DRL ENGINEERING - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Company Secretary
- Member of the Leadership Team
Barry's 35+ year career spans co-founding various startup businesses, holding numerous Corporate Officer & Director positions, including President, Treasurer, Director of Tax, & Corporate Secretarial positions for private and public companies, guiding companies throughout the complete lifecycle from startup to wind-up, including advising on complex domestic and international entity structures, projects & contracts, business & tax matters, due diligence for acquisitions, mergers, reorganizations and business dispositions ranging in size from small closely held companies to multi-national, multibillion-dollar businesses.
25 years' experience with Shell in Energy Projects related roles (including 14 years with Joint Ventures) during all Projects Development and Implementation phases. Shell Level 3 accredited Project Manager (2011) and Association for Project Management (APM) accreditation (2013)
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- Senior Machinery Engineer
Thirty five year's experience in mechanical engineering and project management for heavy equipment manufacturing, power industry and oil and gas industry.
An experienced project scheduler and cost controller. He has served as Lead Project Scheduler on large midstream projects and Turn Around Manager.
Job Titles:
- FPSO / FLNG Engineering Leader
Job Titles:
- Member of the Leadership Team
- Owner
With a process engineering discipline and 40 years of PM experience in offshore & onshore developments.
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- Process Facilities Engineer
Multifaceted career with more than 30 years' experience as an operator, operations supervisor, operations superintendent, maintenance coordinator, PSM coordinator and Commissioning lead advising and training operations on safety and target goals of an organization. Extensive skills on commissioning and startup, operations management, operations training, compliance, console operations, and complex operations of the business. Thrive in high-octane environments involving safety awareness, optimization, deliverables/methodologies improvement, protocols enactment, and accomplishing ongoing company initiatives. Proven expertise diffusing problems, helming cross-functional units, complex planning, and cultivating strong client/vendor relations. LOTO and OSHA trained, TWIC cardholder.
Job Titles:
- Company Lead Process Engineer
Projects Technical Manager for DRL Malaysia. With over 30 + years' experience in the industry, Ian gained extensive experience in contracting companies serving the oil and gas industry, with experience in gas processing, upstream oil processing and produced water treatment and specialist knowledge in cryogenic gas processing. He has held senior management positions for over 10 years as Process Manager and Engineering Manager. In the latter position, he managed a multi-disciplinary engineering department that peaked in number at over 120 personnel.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Leadership Team
- Company Engineering Manager
Over 23+ years of experience of project engineering management, engineering design, procurement, construction management and commissioning on EPCI projects in the oil & gas industry on-shore and off-shore, including FPSO's. Project Technical Manager at DRL Malaysia.
I have 25 plus years experience in the onshore plant design engineering field designing concrete and steel structures for clients in the petro-chem, oil and gas, and pulp & paper industries. Some clients and projects I have worked on include Motiva Port Arthur Refinery CFH Unit Piping Vibration Mitigation Design, Valero Port Arthur Refinery Flare Tower Analysis for New Flare Tip, and Invista New Calandria Vessel Support Structure. I have experience designing shallow and deep foundations for heavy equipment and associated ancillaries such as piperacks, pipe and cable tray supports in various types of soils. I have designed equipment foundations for both static and dynamic conditions. I am licensed through NCEES and have PE licenses in multiple states. I have acted as the lead engineer on both large and small capital projects in fast paced schedules, working closely with clients and other discipline engineers on project teams. I am capable of doing the detail design as well as managing teams, working closely with project controls to maintain project budgets and schedules for project deliverables. I have a BSCE from Texas A&M (1987) and a MSCE from the University of Oklahoma (2020).
Job Titles:
- Member of the Leadership Team
- Company Head of Project Controls
Building upon his vast Corporate experience at Shell Oil and SIPM, Jim brings commonsense and transparency to project controls which we and our clients actually understand.
Extensive Oil and Gas cost, planning and execution experience as well as a Cost Estimating Professional with extensive experience in all aspects of cost engineering, estimating methodology development and cost and schedule benchmarking. Cost Leader/ DRL Engineering Team Lead Cost Estimating Asia/ Pacific Kuala Lumpur (Shell). Lead cost and planning Engineer Asia/ Pacific Kuala Lumpur (2008) Deepwater lead Cost Engineer New Orleans 2000-2008. Project Management Consultant Stavanger Norway 1999 Principal Cost Engineer Brent Redevelopment Project Aberdeen 1991-1999
Highly experienced as Site Manager, directing the performance of turnkey contracts, projects, and fabrication shop operations and inspections. Heavy experience with pipe and steel fabrication and assembly sequences. Construction manager for Sakhalin Island Chayvo Gas Plant Thorough knowledge of AISC, ASME, API, ANSI, and AWS codes
John has over four decades of experience in the oil, gas, and chemical industries. From 2021 to 2023, he worked at DRL Engineering, where he developed FE definitions and AFE estimates for a sour gas injection and flowstation plant in Texas and managed significant plant upgrades at the TxIT Refinery. Previously, John served as a Senior Project Manager at Azota Gas Processing Ltd from 2012 to 2020, overseeing large-scale projects across the U.S. His expertise extends to his roles at BEI Engineers and EPCO Inc., where he managed projects for the refining and midstream sectors between 2006 and 2012. From 2002 to 2006, at Merichem Chemicals and Refinery Services, John led numerous concurrent projects, emphasizing process safety management, design, cost control, and regulatory compliance. His career began at Phillips/ConocoPhillips in 1980, where he held various roles including Project Manager and Maintenance Coordinator. John holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Kansas State University and is a registered Professional Engineer in Texas.
Job Titles:
- Electrical Project Engineer
More than twenty (20) years of experience involved in projects for energy, power, and oil, and gas sectors including management, design, field engineering, technical studies and economical evaluation of power system, EPC for offshore and onshore facilities, pipelines, and valve, and flow stations, operation supports, manufacture process, control systems (DCS, DCC, ESD, and F&G), automation, FAT, SAT, pre- commissioning, commissioning, start up, optimization, HAZOP, quality. and constructability analysis. Evaluate, analyze, and recommend the actions related to the possible differences or disputes between the contractors, and the clients on the original scope of work, and real one. Support contract administration, and management team.
Job Titles:
- Refinery Products Marketing
30 Years Oil & Gas process industry experience, including international assignments South Africa, Brasil, Dubai, and the USA, designing, engineering, commissioning, and troubleshooting oil, gas, water, and solids treatment systems, including 20 years continual service. Over 10 years of technical training experience developing and delivering web-based and instructor-led courses for sales and engineering.
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- Business Manager
- Member of the Leadership Team
Creative, entrepreneurial business manager who has planned, organized, and directed business development activities. Exceptional ability to identify and achieve differential results. International experience. Strong team player with results-oriented leadership style.
Job Titles:
- Lead Refinery Process Consultant
Over 40 years' experience in downstream refining including process engineering, plant operations and project development in Mobil, Ultramar, Hess, Coastal and Sunoco refineries as well as several years with Jacobs Engineering in refinery upgrade projects and two start-ups (Greyrock and CH2E) involving pyrolysis and GTL. Currently directing the internal engineering process for Meridian capital projects including technology selection, process design, EPC oversight and on-going technical support. Meridian has broken ground on the first of several planned refineries designed to utilize shale oil to produce clean fuels in compact, efficient and environmentally advanced facilities.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Leadership Team
- Project Manager
Over 11 years' experience in oil, gas, and product midstream, terminals and storage, and plant processing and refining sector with focus on project management, operations project development support, process and pipeline simulation, and project commercial and economic evaluation support.
Job Titles:
- Construction Manager
- Member of the Leadership Team
Experienced construction operations management offering more than 37 years' experience in working on, being a part of and directing complex and high value construction projects for many clients. Completing projects on-time and within budget despite stringent deadlines and demanding expectations. Well regarded for fostering a positive work environment within multi-discipline teams. Strict compliance with all industry safety and environmental regulatory standards. Started out in the field at a very young age of 18 years old and 38 years later, I learn something new every day.
Job Titles:
- Project Engineer
- Project Engineer / Project Engineer Supporting DRL South American Operations
Have 44 years of experience in the O&G industry, all on the owner's side for ConocoPhillips (COP), the last 30 of which were in mega-project management and the last 15 of which were in managing large scale LNG projects. Have been senior project manager for executing some 7 mega-projects with a collective CAPEX of >$30B requiring ca 500 million manhours of executed work. Have 13 years of direct accountability for LNG Plant EPC delivery, plus major upstream developments in Venezuela, Russia, SE Asia and Norway.
Graduated with B.Sc. in Project Management at the Financial University in Moscow. Working as a Technical Assistant in Murmansk for the project of NOVATEK, KOLA YARD, as part of the DRL and BOMESC Topside Yard team. Responsible for Document QA and Management, including Translation / Interpreter, including use of Document control cloud system - BOX, Logistics and Communications between KY, BOMESC and DRL
Mrs. Malu Cordova has a professional career in Mexico in Material Control involving, Material Verification Material Reception, Delivery to Fabrication Yard, Quality Dossier ols, Compilation, Local y International Material Purchasing, budgetary control, Human Resources, Office Administration, and team leadership. She was part ot the team overseeing the COMMSA Fabrication Yard to build and complete three (3) WHP platform decks and jackets for deployment offshore Venezuela. As Material Coordinator, she supervised the arrival of all purchases material and equipment to follow the material supply and fabrication of the gas platforms.
Chartered engineer (and PE) with extensive Client experience on FPSO and subsea projects worldwide, from concept selection and pre-FEED studies through detailed design, construction, hook-up and final commissioning/handover.
Background includes thirty-six years experience in Project Management, Engineering and Construction Management utilizing Project Controls, Contracts Administration and construction supervision skills for various LNG, Gas Processing, power, petrochemical, government facility and commercial building projects. Excellent working relations with most US Construction Companies including TIC, Kiewit, S&B, Bay, Strike, Zachry, GIF et al.
More than eight years work experience as a project engineer in both onshore and offshore environments; working on design, fabrication, construction and installation of pipelines, structures and other oil and gas facilities and gathering systems